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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • stevenbrown_1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: steven brown <stevenbrown_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:41:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


Good day to you,
I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Dr. Steven
Brown.
The Assistant to the Head of Delegation to the World
Bank in West Africa.
I am the linkman between the Organization For
Petroleum Exporting
Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West
African country. I also attend OPEC meetings
constantly in
Geneva on the auspicies of World Bank.
Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC,I
was able
to make the sum of US$25.5million, which is currently
deposited
in a Security company in Europe. I want you to assist
me to claim
this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am
still a civil servant,
and the code of conduct bureau forbids me to acquire
such amount of money.
It is on this basis that I am contacting you for
assistance, If
you will be interested, claim documents have been
processed and
will be sent to you. The documents with which the
fund is
deposited will be changed to reflect you as the new
beneficiary
so that you will be eligible to collect the fund on
my behalf.
I will give you 30% of the fund for this
assistance,while 60%
will be for me and 10% will be for expenses that may
be incurred
on both sides. I am aware of the international
monitoring of all
large-scale financial movements after the September
11th 2001
terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of
financial
investigation I will provide a classified clearance
paper from
the relevant body which will exonerate the money from
either drug,
money laundered or terrorist related proceeds.
Kindly respond to my proposal through this my private
email:
stevenbrown_1@yahoo.com, on the receipt of your mail
indicating interest.
I want to assure you that there is no risk attached in
this transaction.
You should also provide me with your private telephone
and fax numbers
for easier communication.
Expecting your response.
Best regards,
Dr Steven Brown.



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